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Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister, Messages and Correspondence

5 Jul 1944

A file of signals intelligence reports, messages, and correspondence issued by the Government Code and Cypher School and sent by the head ('C') of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This file includes the following reports on West Europe: that the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division claims to hold its main defence line and to have killed 1500 enemy, on July 4; that the 276th Infantry Division is to be relieved by the Panzer Lehr Division by July 5; that Keitel supports the release of motor transport to the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) West, but with no corresponding fuel increase, on June 25; and a report on the new setting up of the 9th, 11th and 19th Panzer Divisions, on June 25; on Southeast Europe: that German Air Force (GAF) reconnaissance shows landing craft are in Brindisi and Taranto, prompting fear of assault undertakings against the Dalmatian coast islands, on July 2; Naval Headlines; from the Japanese minister in Bucharest, passing on the views of the Roumanian vice-premier on the war, on June 28; from the Saudi Arabian minister in London, describing flying bomb raids on London, on July 3; from the Japanese ambassador in Vichy, giving the views of the German ambassador on Germany's war strategy, on July 1; from the Japanese consul-general in Vienna, regarding flying bombs, on June 21; and on German development of a secret rocket-shell weapon, from 1943 April 25; T235/101 was sent to the Prime Minister (PM) under 7001.
ukraine turkey france united states of america guinea greece germany artillery italy naval warfare nuclear warfare romania sweden great britain warships england second world war defence missiles equipment military operations casualties royal navy military intelligence landing craft tanks security service dwight eisenhower military organisation aerial reconnaissance edward bridges weapons technology government code and cypher school secret weapons german war effort german u-boats naval intelligence german army predicting enemy intentions operation overlord german navy air raids military situation reports diplomatic intelligence troop movements battle of normandy phillipe pétain united states army patrols soviet strategy
Collection ID
HW1
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
England France Germany Great Britain Greece Guinea Italy Romania Sweden Turkey Ukraine United States of America
Document Reference
HW1 /3034/2
Document Types
Intelligence Report
File Reference
HW1 /3034
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.hw1.3034.002
Keywords
Military Situation Reports Battle Of Normandy Operation Overlord Military Operations United States Army Casualties German Army Defence Troop Movements Military Organisation Equipment Tanks Artillery Aerial Reconnaissance Predicting Enemy Intentions Landing Craft Naval Intelligence Naval Warfare Warships Royal Navy German Navy Patrols German U-boats Diplomatic Intelligence Soviet Strategy Air Raids Secret Weapons Missiles German War Effort
Languages
English
Organizations
Government Code and Cypher School Security Service
Pages
43
Persons Discussed
Edward Bridges Dwight Eisenhower Phillipe Pétain
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Military Intelligence Weapons Technology Nuclear Warfare

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